State v. Reed
Decision Date | 12 December 1928 |
Docket Number | (No. 551.) |
Citation | 145 S.E. 691 |
Parties | STATE. v. REED. |
Court | North Carolina Supreme Court |
Appeal from Superior Court, Buncombe County; Walter E. Moore, Judge.
Homer Reed was convicted of larceny, false pretense, and willful injury to personal property, and be appeals. Reversed.
The indictment for false pretense was as follows:
The evidence tends to show that the defendant hired an automobile from Clinton Littrell for approximately 3 hours, to go from Newfound to Canton, a distance of about 20 miles; that instead of going to Canton the defendant went to Asheville, a distance of about 14 miles; that the defendant did not return the car at the time agreed upon; and that, when he did return it, the car was in a badly damaged condition.
Verdict: Guilty on all three charges.
From the judgments pronounced on the verdict, 12 months on each of the first two charges, and 6 months on the last, the defendant appeals, assigning errors.
Thos. A. Curry, of Asheville, for appellant.
D. G. Brummitt, Atty. Gen., and Frank Nash, Asst....
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